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Library Without Walls

Evan S. Connell: Bridging the Islands

The late author was an artist unconstrained by genre or convention.

 

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Crime and Punishment

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

A husband's investigation into his murdered wife's past yields mysteries about them both.

 

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Rock & Roll &

Voices from a Desert War

Saharan musical traditions ancient and modern, in a region riven by conflict.

 

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A Reading Life

A Delicate Truth

In an espionage master's latest, war is a booming private enterprise.

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The Speculator

The Human Division

A serialized war of worlds packs the analogous power of militaristic SF old and new.

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Reading in Common

An Interview with Elinor Lipman

The charming writer of I Can't Complain on self-esteem, second chances, and happy endings.

 

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A Reading Life

The Woman Upstairs

How selfish must an artist be?

 

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Reading Romance

To Serve and Protect

Peace officers sometimes hide their hearts behind their badges.

 

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Library Without Walls

A Pleasing Terror: Kingsley Amis's "The Green Man"

The novelist's booze-soaked, bittersweet take on the classic ghost story.

 

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Crime and Punishment

A Man Without Breath

Wartime sleuth Bernie Gunther returns in his greatest adventure yet.

 

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The Speculator

Empty Space

Another artful experiment from a genre-bending icon of science fiction.

 

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A Reading Life

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather

Revealing the candid passions and ambitions of the austere O Pioneers! author.

 

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Drawn to Read

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Family memories, globetrotting mishaps and macabre encounters from a deadpan sensibility.

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Reader's Diary

The Plantagenets

The legendary -- and infamous -- dynasty may have unwittingly sown the seeds of monarchy's end.

 

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The Speculator

London Falling

Haunted London is home to a faceoff between psychic detectives and a ghastly killer.

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